DEPRECATED

Use the official linux package repositories from atom instead: https://flight-manual.atom.io/getting-started/sections/installing-atom/

atom-check-updates

A CLI for easily updating Atom to the latest version on RPM or Debian-based systems.

npm install --global atom-check-updates

Inspired by atom-updater, which sadly doesn't work with atom versions past 1.7.x

how to use

$ acu -h # or atom-check-updates

  Usage: acu [options]

  Options:

    -h, --help       output usage information
    -b, --beta       Check for beta releases
    -y, --force-yes  Update without user confirmation

# check for latest stable release (prompt for update)
$ acu
# check for latest beta release (prompt for update)
$ acu --beta
# update to latest beta, if a new version is available,
# without asking for confirmation
$ acu --beta --force-yes

license

MIT © 2016-2017 Simon Kjellberg